Duggan made his pitch for budding business owners from across the nation and world to come to the city
Read More Tom Brokaw On How To Talk To Anyone
With over 50 years in journalism and scores of interviews under his belt, Tom Brokaw knows how to start a conversation with anyone.
A large part of Tom Brokaw’s career was spent in one of the country’s most visible jobs, anchoring NBC’s Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. Before Facebook’s newsfeed and Twitter’s moments, before the rise of viral videos on YouTube, Brokaw was one of three network television anchors that Americans depended on to report what was happening in the world. Over the course of a career that spans more than five decades, Brokaw talked to all kinds of people, from politicians and pundits to prisoners and civil rights workers. To say he’s honed the craft of conversation would be an understatement.
How This Master Tea Taster–Whose Tongue Is Insured For £1 Million–Found His Calling
His taste buds are insured for more than both of Rihanna’s legs and on par with one of Madonna’s boobs, depending on the exchange rate.
It takes Tetley master blender Sebastian Michaelis more than four months of work to make a single bag of tea. The process involves leaping continents, driving all day on bumpy dirt roads, dealing with seaport strikes, battling buyers at auction houses, delivery trucks sliding off highways, speaking a made-up tea language called “Uhuru,” and enduring weather phenomena that can be so extreme that insurance companies call them “acts of God.”
Hate Your Job But Like Your Company? Do These Three Things.
Don’t just grin and bear it or jump ship too soon. There’s a better future at your currently employer if you’re willing to work for it.
Meet Nick. Nick is seriously considering quitting his job. He’s been in the same position for almost three years and hates everything about it.
What Happens In Your Brain When You Lose Focus
Our brains are built to treat distraction as a threat. Here are six ways to trick your brain back into focusing.
If you’ve ever been in mid-conversation at lunch only to lose your train of thought when your cell phone buzzed, a new study published in Nature Communications offers an explanation of what’s happening in your brain to cause this.
3 Reasons Your Employees Aren’t Listening To You
There’s no forcing your employees into action. Here’s how to stop leading by fear and start collaborating again.
“But I’ve told them!” You’re frustrated. You’ve already explained the new procedures that will improve your team’s work and cut costs, but they aren’t listening.
Under My Skin: The New Frontier Of Digital Implants
“Biohackers” are putting microchips and magnets in their bodies for everything from unlocking the front door to detecting moon earthquakes.
Tim Shank can guarantee he’ll never leave home without his keys. Why? His house keys are located inside his body.
On The Eve Of A Diverse Tonys, BroadwayBlack.com Is Ready To Take A Bow
Many of the actors up for awards this year are people of color, but it wasn’t always that way.
When the list of this year’s Tony Award nominees was announced last month, it sounded like the complete opposite of the Oscars. Many of the actors up for awards were people of color. Cast members from The Color Purple, Eclipsed, and Shuffle Along scored multiple nominations, along with the history-making musical Hamilton. Some of the plays are new, while others like Shuffle Along and The Color Purple had broken racial barriers in the past.
But there is a long history that precedes a moment like this, one that often excluded people of color from prominent roles on stage and backstage. And many black actors are still struggling to get attention. That neglect prompted Andrew Shade to launch BroadwayBlack.com, an online community celebrating the work of black theater performers who have been an integral part of American theater going back to the days of vaudeville.
How To Secretly Apply For A Job At Your Company’s Top Competitor
There’s nothing wrong with eyeing the competition when it’s right for your career—just be careful how you go about it.
There comes a time in your career when the company you work for just doesn’t do it for you anymore. You don’t feel the same thrill you once did when you see your employer’s logo first thing in the morning, and your willingness to hang around the office after working hours is rapidly declining. If you like what you do but not where you’re doing it, there’s a good chance the competition is looking mighty fine right about now.
Want More Creative Employees? Create Some Conflict.
A little friction on your team can be a good thing, and these exercises can help you channel it productively.
In school, social settings, and at work, those who challenge the status quo are labeled “troublemakers” and “malcontents.” Business tends to prize a “can-do” attitude and respect for hierarchies. While we tend to valorize bold individualists in the abstract, it’s the team players who get promoted in practice.
